Device for filling bottles or other receptacles with liquids.



G. H. L. PARSONS.

DEVICE FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR OTHER REGEPTAGLBS WITH LIQUIDS.APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 16, 1910.

1,052,748. Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON. D. c.

G. H. L. PARSONS. DEVICE FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR OTHER REGEPTAGLES WITHLIQUIDS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1910.

1,052,748. Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

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GEORGE HENRY LEWIS PARSONS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR OTHER RECEPTACLES WITH LIQUIDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 16, 1910.

Serial No. 577,408.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY LEWISPARSONS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in London,England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Filling Bottles or other Receptacles with Liquids, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved device for filling bottles orother receptacles with liquids, and it has for its object to pro vide asimple and eflicient device for the purpose specified which may beemployed for the said filling of the said bottles or receptacles to apredetermined distance of the mouth or opening irrespective of thediameter or thickness of the glass or other material of which the bottleis formed, and. of the fact that the bottles may already have beenwholly or partly filled. A device con-- structed in accordance with thepresent invention moreover provides for the automatic withdrawal of anysurplus liquid should the receptacles from any cause receive more thanthe desired quantity. N

The invention consists essentially in the combination with a source ofsupply of a nozzle or a number of nozzles 0r tubes designed to supplyliquid to the receptacles to be filled, the arrangement of the saidsupply and the nozzles being such that advantage may be taken of thefact that fluids rise to the same level throughout a system ofcommunicating vessels. The filling nozzles are moreoverarranged to actas siphons so that although they are of necessity at one portion oftheir length higher than the level to which it is desired that thebottles shall be filled, they remain full when the flow of liquidisstopped so that the flow commences immediately the communication withthe supply is reestablished.

In order that the invention may be the better understood, drawings areappended in which Figure 1. is a front elevation of a simple form ofapparatus embodying the present invention. Fig. 2. is an end view. Fig.3. is a section showing the arrangement of the supply tank and the valveregulating the flow of liquid thereto. Fig. 4. is a plan to an enlargedscale. Fig. 5. is a sectional view showing one of the filling nozzlesand the support for the said bottles.

Referring to the accompanying drawings a indicates a closed supply tankwhich is kept filled with liquid from a suitable source such forinstance as a tank a mounted thereon and which may be readily filledfrom time to time as occasion requires. A communication is establishedbetween the tanks by means of the pipe a and the quantity of liquidassing through the .pipe may be controlled by means of a valve a Theadmission of the liquid to the tank ais controlled by means of a valve7) which is operated by means of a ball float 19 attached to a lever 72connected at one end to the plug of the aforesaid valve 7). The tank ais kept full of liquid and in order to permit of the eflicient action ofthe valve, I may provide a dome in the top of the said tank (1 adaptedto receive the fioat. The top of the tank a is level with the levelwhich it is desired to secure within the receptacles to be filled, andthe liquid passes from said tank to the vessels through the valve 0communieating with the lower part of the tank a and operated to controlthe supply by means of the handle c secured to the plug of the saidvalve. The valve 0 upon the opposite side is in communication with atube (Z wit-h which communicate a number of tubes (2 held together bymeans of the plates 6 e and which are bent upward and over as shown inFigs. 2 and 5, and which tubes form the filling nozzles through whichthe liquid passes to the bottles f shown in full in Fig. 2. and indotted lines in Fig. 5. The lower ends of the nozzles dip well into thebottles and the upper horizontal portion of the tubes 6 are well abovethe level of the liquid in the tank a. Secured to the top of the tank ais an open tube 9, the area and height of which are such that the tubewhen filled to a suitable height will contain sufficient liquid to fillsuch portions of the tubes 6 as are above the level of the liquid in thetank a. The purpose of this arrangement is to enable the tubes e to becompletely filled when apparatus is first used, so that the said tubes,when once filled, will act as siphons, the liquid continuing to flowinto the bottles so long as the tank a remains full of liquid.

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Moreover by this means as the tubes are always full of liquid, it willcommence to flow immediately the communication with tank a is openedthrough the valve 0 aforcsaid.

In order that the bottles may be conveniently presented to the fillingnozzles and readily removed when full, I provide a support it upon whichmay be placed a box-hke receptacle 2' divided by partitions 2' into anumber of chambers each adapted to contain one bottle. The correctpositioning of the bottles with regard to the filling nozzles may thusbe insured. Stops i 71 are provided to insure the correct positioning ofthe receptacle 2'. In order to raise and lower the support it for thereceptacle 2', the said support is provided with tubular guides hthrough which pass the vertical pins h secured at their lower ends tothe plate h supported at its ends by the legs 72 j indicates a spindledisposed beneath the plate h and provided at each end with cams 7c. Theends of support it rest upon the cams, and the said cams are of suchoutline that when the spindle j is rotated in one direction, the support72, is lifted and the bottles are raised so that the nozzles entertherein as shown. To facilitate the rotation of spindle 7', one endthereof is extended and a lever j issecured thereto. The spindle issupported at each end by the turned down portions of plate k to which isalso secured the ends of the side bars Z which in addition to connectingthe bottle support with the tanks, also serves to support the ends ofthe tube cl by means of the stirrup al connected to the said side bars.The valve 1) aforesaid does not permit of the passage of any more liquidwhen the tank a; is filled, and in order to secure the filling of thetube 9 so as to provide for the filling of the upper ends of tubes 65 inthe manner before described, I provide a valve m which controls acommunication m between the main tank a and the tank a. By means of thisvalve it is possible to admit a further supply of liquid after the tanka is filled so that the aforesaid tube 9 is filled or partly filled. Inuse the two tanks a a are first filled, the communication with thefilling nozzles being closed. The valve m is then opened and a furthersupply of liquid is admitted to fill, or partly fill, the tube 9 Thereceptacle containing the bottles is next placed upon the support it andthe said support raised to bring the bottles under the nozzles. Whenthis has been accomplished, the valve 0 is opened and the tube 6 fillingup the liquid commences to flow into the bottles which are filled untilthe liquid reaches the level of the top of tank a. As the tank a is keptconstantly filled, it is obvious that so long as there is any liquid inthe main tank a the filling of the bottles may be proceeded with.

When the bottles are filled the valve 0 is closed when the bottles canbe removed and a fresh batch substituted. A gage glass it may beprovided to enable the height of the contents of the lower tank to bereadily ascertained.

Should the bottles from any cause not be raised to the desired level, asfor instance through the carelessness or inattention of the operatorwhen lifting the bottle carrier into its final position, the saidbottles will re ceive a greater quantity of liquid than that which it isdesired they shall contain. As soon however as the bottles are raisedinto the proper position, the surplus liquid, the level of which ishigher than that of the main body of liquid within the tank a, will flowback through the tubes e into the said tank a and the bottles willcontain only the desired quantity. Thus for example if one or morebottles containing a greater quantity than the amount of liquid requiredbe placed in the tray together with a number of empty bottles andpresented to the filling nozzles, they will not overflow, but on thecontrary the extra liquid would be withdrawn during the time the otherbottles are filling. Thus when all the bottles are filled to the properheight, they will not overflow even if left unattended. Obviously beforethe bottles can be removed, the valve controlling the supply to thenozzles must be closed. The cut off of the supply to the and in whatmanner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is Abottle filling apparatus comprising a supply reservoir, a closed supplytank, a pipe connecting the reservoir with the tank, a cock in suchpipe, a pipe extending up from the top of the said tank with the upperend open, a valve at the admission from the said pipe into the tank, afloat arranged to control the latter valve to maintain the tank filledwith the water at a certain predetermined level in the said open pipe, afilling device comprising a support for bottles, an outlet pipe for thetank, a hand controlled Valve for the outlet pipe, a set of siphon tubesconnecting with the outlet pipe beyond series of bottles on the saidsupport, whereby the Water from the tank upon said hand my hand in thepresence of the undersigned valve being openeg will pass gllll'Olilghbthe Witnesses. siphons into the ottles and t e 0ttles at its said openend pipe, and a second GEORGE HENRY LEWIS PARSONS 5 pipe connecting thereservoir With the tank Witnesses:

with a valve in said pipe. NORMAN PARSONS,

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set HAROLD E. S. PARSONS.

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